Excerpt from Tracts on the Sabbath Er it a prominent article in the religion of their fore fathers. This practice has been unbroken in the nation from the time of the giving of the law upon Mount Sinai till the present day. There have been, indeed, many instances of Sabbath-breaking among them, and at present there is reason to believe that the motives which govern them in its observance are sadly defi cient. But the practice itself is tenaciously adhered to, as required'by the unrepealed law of the God of Israel. And, if our views are correct, they have the right of' the case, and the majority of Christians have corrupted the law. This, therefore, is a formidable obstacle to their embracing Christianity. To become first-day Christians (and such compose a vast majority of professors) they must relinquish or change one of the precepts of the Decalogue, and dissent from a custom held sacred by their ancestors, and deep ly venerated by themselves and that, too, with out seeing any divine warrant produced for such a departure. This unauthorized practice of keeping the first instead of the seventh day of the week, can not fail to prove a powerful objection in their View to embracing the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is true that they are tenacious also of other practices enjoined in the Old T estament, which Christians justly regard as obsolete. But as to these, we can show authority for their abrogation. We can appeal to the New Testa ment records, and show that the Mosaic ritual, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, which constituted the enmity or separation between Jews and Gentiles, was abolished by the death of Christ - 4that he took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross. But the same course cannot be success fully pursued With respect to the seventh-day Sabbath. The Decalogue in which this is found was not included in the abrogated ritual. It is altogether a distinct. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.